Over the past four years, the Broward County National High School Football Showcase has established itself as an event that has captured the attention of fans across the country.
With teams coming from as far away as California, Nevada, Utah, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and throughout the state of Florida.
The brainchild of Dr. Kevin Perry and Shawn Cerra, who had an idea of powerhouses visiting Florida instead of the Sunshine State’s elite having to go on the road all the time, this is now a premier football gathering that has ESPN and other media outlets from across the country flocking to see the games that now number nine – over two weeks.
With in state power Jacksonville Mandarin kicking things off last Friday with a win over Hollywood McArthur, Week 2 starts tonight at two locations with two out of state programs battling a pair of Broward teams.
Friday will see four games, eight teams and Saturday’s doubleheader at Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas on national television will bring to an end another banner year for top-flight high school football.
Here is a look at tonight’s games:
Chatsworth Sierra Canyon, California vs. Hollywood Chaminade (McArthur), 7. After falling short in their 10th consecutive trip to the state finals, head coach Dameon Jones and the Lions are hungry to jump back into the elite – and the opponent they are lining up against this evening can certainly help them do that.
Chaminade-Madonna is coming off an impressive offensive attack against Coconut Creek Monarch on opening night in a game shortened by lightning.
The Trailblazers also started the season last week and won convincingly, setting up the cross country trip to also make a statement.
While programs such as Saint John Bosco, Mater Dei and Santa Margarita have dominated the landscape in southern California, this team can truly put their name in that elite group with a win on the road.
CHATSWORTH SIERRA CANYON TRAILBLAZERS (1-0)
JSerra Catholic, W 42-21
8/27 - @Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna
9/10 – Honolulu St. Louis
9/18 – Orange Lutheran
9/25 – Pacifica
10/2 – Loyola
10/9 - @Sierra
10/16 - @Chaminade
10/23 - @Notre Dame
10/30 – Bishop Amat
HOLLYWOOD CHAMINADE-MADONNA LIONS (1-0)
Coconut Creek Monarch, W 49-22
10/27 – Chatsworth Sierra Canyon
9/4 – Plantation American Heritage
9/10 – Miami True North Classical Academy
9/18 - @Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons
9/25 – Boca Raton Saint Andrew’s Academy
10/2 – Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas
10/9 - @West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman
10/16 – Hollywood McArthur
10/30 - @Coconut Creek
Powder Springs McEachern, Georgia vs. Pembroke Pines West Broward Bobcats (Miramar), 7. While we know that head coach Brian McCartney and his team lost heavily from the team that stunned everyone by reaching the 6A state title game, this evening’s matchup with a very solid Georgia program will truly be a test.
While this is the first trip to south Florida for McEachern, the area is not strange to their head coach Kareem Reid, who attended school in Broward and was a successful coach before heading north.
The Indians are young but loaded with elite talent and will look to put themselves in a position to head back north 2-0.
The experts doubted the Bobcats last year against Miami Southridge and at Gainesville Buchholz and they came through. Different time and year, but this is a program that is looking to shock some of those who believe they know it all!
POWDER SPRINGS MCEACHERN INDIANS (1-0)
Kell, W 40-10
8/27 - @Pembroke Pines West Broward
9/4 – Marietta
9/11 - @Gainesville
9/18 – North Atlanta
10/2 - @ Hillgrove
10/9 – Campbell
10/16 – @Pebblebrook
10/30 – Harrison
11/6 - @Kennesaw Mountain
PEMBROKE PINES WEST BROWARD BOBCATS (0-0)
8/27 – Powder Springs McEachern
9/4 - @Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy
9/10 - @Davie Western
9/17 – Doral Academy
9/25 - @Camden County, Georgia
10/2 – Weston Cypress Bay
10/9 - @Miami Lakes Barbara Goleman
10/16 - @West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman
10/22 – Miami High
10/30 – Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas
In addition to those two games here is the rest of the schedule in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties for Thursday:
Boca Spanish River at South Plantation, 7
Cooper City at Parkland Douglas, 6
Coral Springs Taravella at Oakland Park Northeast, 6:30
Deerfield Beach at Davie Nova, 7
Fort Lauderdale at Hollywood South Broward, 6:30
Fort Lauderdale NSU University School at Fort Lauderdale Calvary Christian, 7
Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest at Miami Florida Christian, 7
Fort Lauderdale Stranahan at Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson, 7
Hialeah-Miami Lakes at Miami Coral Park, 3:30
Miami Killian vs. Homestead South Dade (Harris), 7
Miami Lakes Goleman vs. Miami Coral Reef (Southridge), 7
Miami Northwestern vs. Miami Jackson (Traz Powell), 7
Miramar vs. Coconut Creek Monarch (Coconut Creek), 7
North Lauderdale Somerset Prep at Pompano Beach, 7
South Miami at Doral Ronald Reagan, 3:30
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28TH
Broward Showcase: East St. Louis at Plantation American Heritage, 7
Broward Showcase: Miami True North at Coconut Creek, 7
Broward Showcase: Jacksonville Bolles at Archbishop McCarthy, 7
Broward Showcase: Pine Creek (Colo.) vs. Davie Western (McArthur), 7
Coral Gables vs. Miami Springs (Ives), 7
Coral Springs Coral Glades at Coconut Creek North Broward Prep, 7
Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy at Tavernier Coral Shores, 7
Hallandale at Pompano Beach Blanche Ely, 7
Hialeah at Miami Gardens Monsignor Pace, 7:30
Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy vs. Miami Palmetto (Tropical), 7:30
Hollywood McArthur at Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons, 7
Homestead Somerset Silver Palms at Delray American Heritage, 7
Miami Belen Jesuit at Boynton Beach Somerset Canyons, 6:30
Miami Booker T. Washington vs. Hialeah American (Milander), 7
Miami Braddock at Miami Varela, 3:30
Miami Carol City at Lee County, Georgia 7:30
Miami Dr. Krop at Miami Ferguson, 3:30
Miami Gulliver Prep at Miami Ransom Everglades, 7
Miami High at Miami Edison, 3:30
Miami Norland at Ocala Vanguard, 7:30
Miami Palmer Trinity at Miami Westminster Christian, 4
Miami Southridge vs. Homestead (Harris), 7:30
Miami St. Brendan vs. Miami Beach (Memorial), 7
Miami Sunset at Hialeah Gardens, 3:30
Miramar Everglades at Hollywood Hills, 4
Naples St. John Neumann at Miami Immaculata La Salle, 7
North Miami Beach vs. North Miami (Traz Powell), 7:30
Pembroke Pines Flanagan at Weston Cypress Bay, 7
Plantation at Sunrise Piper, 7
Tampa Berkeley Prep at Miami Archbishop Carroll, 3:30
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29TH
Broward Showcase: Miami Christopher Columbus vs Las Vegas Bishop Gorman, 2
Broward Showcase: DeSoto, Texas vs Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas, 6
St. Peter’s Prep at Fort Lauderdale Dillard, 7
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